Recent advances in nanomaterials for water protection and monitoring

R Das, CD Vecitis, A Schulze, B Cao… - Chemical Society …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
The efficient handling of wastewater pollutants is a must, since they are continuously defiling
limited fresh water resources, seriously affecting the terrestrial, aquatic, and aerial flora and …

Fluorescence and sensing applications of graphene oxide and graphene quantum dots: a review

P Zheng, N Wu - Chemistry–An Asian Journal, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Graphene oxide and graphene quantum dots are attractive fluorophores that are
inexpensive, nontoxic, photostable, water‐soluble, biocompatible, and environmentally …

Graphene-based optical nanosensors for detection of heavy metal ions

L Zhang, D Peng, RP Liang, JD Qiu - TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2018 - Elsevier
Heavy metal ion pollution has threatened environmental and human safety. Therefore, there
is a remarkable demand to detect heavy metal ions in a fast, sensitive, and selective way …

Amorphous molybdenum sulfide quantum dots: an efficient hydrogen evolution electrocatalyst in neutral medium

D Dinda, ME Ahmed, S Mandal, B Mondal… - Journal of Materials …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
To overcome the limitations of active edges, electrical conductivity and the surface area of
MoS2 nanosheets, in the present work, we have successfully synthesized amorphous MoSx …

Recent advances in sensitive and rapid mercury determination with graphene-based sensors

C Liu, X Chen, B Zong, S Mao - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Mercury ions (Hg2+) are the dominant mercury species in water, and have severe toxic
effects on human health and the ecosystem. Due to the limitations of traditional analytical …

Boric acid modified S and N co-doped graphene quantum dots as simple and inexpensive turn-on fluorescent nanosensor for quantification of glucose

M Masteri-Farahani, F Ghorbani, N Mosleh - Spectrochimica Acta Part A …, 2021 - Elsevier
A new fluorescent nanosensor based on S and N co-doped graphene quantum dots (S, N-
GQDs) modified by boric acid was designed for glucose detection. First, the S, N-GQDs was …

Stable lanthanide metal–organic frameworks as ratiometric fluorescent probes for the efficient detection of riboflavin

XC Sun, ZZ Cong, SY Wu, Y Zhang, MC Zhu… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The rational design and exploration of fluorescent probes for the efficient detection of
riboflavin (RF) is of great significance. Herein, a series of isostructural Ln-MOFs (Ln-BPTA) …

Nitrogen, sulphur co-doped graphene quantum dot: An excellent sensor for nitroexplosives

TK Mondal, D Dinda, SK Saha - Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2018 - Elsevier
Study of sensing properties of nitroexplosives using luminescent carbon based quantum
dots is an interesting area of research. Enhancement in sensing ability exploiting edge …

A highly sensitive fluorescent sensor with aggregation-induced emission characteristics for the detection of iodide and mercury ions in aqueous solution

RX Zhang, PF Li, WJ Zhang, N Li… - Journal of Materials …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
In this work, we report a highly sensitive fluorescent sensor (TPE-QN) with aggregation-
induced emission (AIE) characteristics for the detection of iodide (I−) and mercury (Hg2+) …

Handheld, low-cost electronic device for rapid, real-time fluorescence-based detection of Hg2+, using aptamer-templated ZnO quantum dots

SCGK Daniel, A Kumar, K Sivasakthi… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2019 - Elsevier
Mercury is one of the most acute toxic heavy metals at trace levels and its detection at parts
per billion (ppb) scale in a low-cost, simple way remains challenging. Here, we report a …